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This is the biographical story of the Old Dominion in the light of its contribution to the greatness of America. Volume I deals with the colonial era, and Volume II deals with the national era. No book could more ably demonstrate Carlyle's well-known declaration that history is the essence of innumerable biographies. Originally published in 1929.

The Confederate soldier was revered by Northerners and Southerners alike long after the war ended for the gallant and romantic aspects of his character. The author's vivid account of numerous deeds of daring, bravado, cunning, and selfless courage by Confederate partisans during the War of 1861-65 will fire the young reader's imagination - and impress upon him the all-important lesson that some causes are worth risking everything to defend.

This is the biographical story of the Old Dominion in the light of its contribution to the greatness of America. Volume I deals with the colonial era, and Volume II deals with the national era. No book could more ably demonstrate Carlyle's well-known declaration that history is the essence of innumerable biographies. Originally published in 1929.

At the time of the original publication of this volume, no book with the exception of Robert Beverly's History of Virginia had really dealt with the social aspects of seventeenth century Virginia. And Beverly's history, while full of details, really relates to the last years of the seventeenth century and the first years of the eighteenth century. Because of the non-existence of travel memoirs, or extended biographies of prominent citizens or any other obvious sources, the author, to acquire an accurate conception of Virginian social life from 1607 to 1700, examined a large mass of...

"Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century" from Philip Alexander Bruce. American historian who specialized in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1856-1933).